Officials ‘convinced’ two communications systems on missing jet were deliberately shut off 14-minutes apart as it emerges aircraft DID keep ‘pinging’ for hours after vanishing at 35,000 ft — U.S. official said two separate communication systems were shut down ‘deliberately’ shortly after take-off

Pelosi: O-Care won't hurt Dems — Republicans are “wasting their time” using ObamaCare as an electoral issue, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) said Thursday. — Days after the healthcare law was seen as a decisive issue in her party's special election loss in Florida …

Fear of Wages — Four years ago, some of us watched with a mixture of incredulity and horror as elite discussion of economic policy went completely off the rails. Over the course of just a few months, influential people all over the Western world convinced themselves and each …

CNN Poll: Most see Russia as a threat to U.S. — Washington (CNN) - As the crisis in the Ukraine continues, a new national poll indicates that for the first time in more than a decade, more than half of Americans — see Russia as a serious threat to the U.S.

People Think We're in a Recession. Don't Blame Them. — The United States economy emerged from recession in June 2009 and has been growing for nearly five years. Yet this week, an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll of American adults found that 57 percent still think the economy is in recession.

Obama calls for review of deportations — The Hispanic Caucus has yet to formalize the resolution, but an earlier draft obtained by POLITICO calls on Obama to use “all legal means” to suspend, delay or stop deportations of immigrants if the removal would “have an adverse impact on the United States.”

Warnings From the Ukraine Crisis — A new century's dangers begin to come into focus. — What has been happening in Ukraine is not a wake-up call precisely but a tugging at the attention, a demand to focus. — There's a sense that in some new way we are watching the 21st century take its shape and express its central realities.

Resurrecting Republican Populism — If you want to cut to the heart of what's gone wrong in the Republican Party over the last two presidential cycles, you could do worse than start with this post from the liberal blogger Kevin Drum, lamenting the weakness of his own party's pitch to working and middle class voters:

Lavrov: No common vision with US on Ukraine — LONDON (AP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Friday that differences remain between Moscow and the U.S. following negotiations in London aimed at ending the crisis in Ukraine, whose strategic Crimea region is voting this weekend on whether to secede.

A Carter Could Turn Georgia Blue — Dramatic population shifts put Georgia on the path to joining North Carolina and Virginia in the electoral toss-up column. Jason Carter, Jimmy's grandson, wants to lead the way. — As Wendy Davis's campaign for Texas governor flounders …

The paradox of the “Ban Bossy” campaign. — It's a five-letter word beginning with B, and if Sheryl Sandberg and Anna Maria Chavez have their way, it will never again be used in polite company in reference to a woman, or especially a girl. The word, of course, is “bossy.”

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